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>and it's been very effective at disconnecting us from our various cultural heritages
Genetically, Europeans are very similar. White refers to the tight genetic cluster of peoples from the European continent and surroundings. People identified more with language and culture because that was before the discovery of genetics and mapping people based on DNA sequencing.

Indians, Pakis, Bangladeshis refer to themselves as Desi despite being far more diverse genetically speaking than whites or europoids.